• Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    22 hours ago

    from 95% genius and 5% mad to 95% and 5% genius

    Lol that’s not nuance, that’s just fantasy.

    There was no 95% genius, he was just a salesman convincing investors that the product line he bought out was going gangbusters. He was right, but he didn’t design the things, he just sold them.

    Tesla succeeded because it was founded by and operated by talented people. Tesla is failing because it was acquired by and increasingly controlled by an idiotic narcissist who can’t handle being told “no.”

    “Full self driving next year! No? Next year then! No lidar, only cameras! “Crunch” style development! Bulletproof glass! Vegas hyperloop! Stainless steel! Micrometer tolerances!” Everything Tesla did on its own was pretty solid. Everything Musk contributed to design and process was complete and utter shit.